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NRW Minister of Health Karl-Josef Laumann: "I don't think an extension makes sense from today's perspective"
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North Rhine-Westphalia's Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) has questioned the facility-related compulsory vaccination against Corona.
“We know today that vaccination does not rule out infection.
That's why I'm of the opinion that the facility-related vaccination requirement is no longer the ultimate in the current situation," said Laumann.
The federal legislature should urgently put them to the test.
"From today's perspective, I don't think an extension makes sense." According to the previous regulations, it applies until the end of 2022.
The German Hospital Society had previously spoken out in favor of the end of the corona vaccination requirement for nursing and health workers.
"According to current knowledge, it is neither sensible nor communicable to continue it," said Deputy CEO Henriette Neumeyer of the editorial network Germany.
In the delta wave, it was assumed that there would also be a high level of protection for the vulnerable groups in the hospital, said Neumeyer.
With the Omikron variant, that has become obsolete.
Politicians from the CDU and left had started a debate about phasing out compulsory vaccination at the end of the year.
The Bundestag and Bundesrat had decided on facility-related vaccination requirements in December last year.
Nursing and health staff must therefore prove almost nationwide that they have been fully vaccinated against Corona or have recovered - or submit a certificate that they cannot be vaccinated.
However, the law is difficult to enforce in practice.
If there is no proof, the health department must be informed.
It can issue a ban on entry or activity, but has discretion.
In Brandenburg, the authorities recently banned two healthcare workers from entering their workplaces.
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